Responding to patient anger: Development and evaluation of an oncology communication skills training module

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-365

  Bialer, Philip A ^a   Kissane, David ^a   Brown, Richard ^b   Levin, Tomer ^a   Bylund, Carma ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CST; Difficult patients; Empathy; Patient physician relationship

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ANGER; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 82055165905     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895151100037X     Document Type: Article

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